By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/09/2026Even so: the experience of working through your requirements with someone else is clarifying and disciplining, because while *you* are the domain expert on *your* needs, that doesn't mean you're the domain expert on how to *address* those needs. 2250
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/09/2026You have the worm's eye view of your life and your needs, while an expert can have the bird's eye view that comes from working with *many* people, exposing them to *many* ways of solving problems, including ones you've never thought of. 2131
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/09/2026Darren, the contractor who put in our new kitchen a couple years ago, had ideas for cabinet- and appliance-placement that had been refined by seeing, demolishing, building and revising orders of magnitude more kitchens than we had ever cooked in. 1100
Archimedes' Tub @toomuchcoffeeman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I specifically love this representation, it clarifies something I've tried to explain before, the bond of resolving an issue with help from a specialist. 061
